02 January 2004	Friday	09 Ziqa'ad 1424

KARACHI, Jan 1: Wapda had to face some dogged resistance from Bangladesh 'A' tailenders before securing a comprehensive 10-wicket victory in the Patron's Trophy Pool 'A' fixture at UBL Sports Complex on Thursday.

Bangladesh 'A', who needed 153 to make Wapda bat again after being reduced to 183 for six on Wednesday evening, batted resolutely to reach 337 all out in the second innings.

Tailender Manjural Islam Rana struck a career-best 84 off 90 ball with the aid of 12 boundaries while Jamaluddin Babu scored exactly 50 that included six fours. The victory consolidated Wapda's position at the top of Pool 'A' standings with 27 points.

Scoreboard

BANGLADESH 'A' (1st Innings) 166 (Hannan Sarkar 64; Sarfraz Ahmed 4-31, Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 4-51).

WAPDA (1st Innings) 502-8 declared (Adil Nisar 157, Asif Hussain 139, Shoaib Khan 88; Alamgir Kabir 4-113).

BANGLADESH 'A' (2nd Innings, overnight 183-6):

Hannan Sarkar c Rana Naveed b Aqeel 57

Shahriar Hossain c Zaman b Faisal 1

Moniruzzaman run out 26

M. Ashraful lbw b Rana Naveed 20

Ehsanul Hoque lbw b Aqeel 23

Mohammad Selim b Aqeel 2

Jamaluddin c Zaman b Rana Naveed 50

Mosaddek Hossain c Asif b Faisal 15

Manjural Islam c Aqeel b Rana Naveed 84

Anwar Hossain Monir b Rana Naveed 4

Alamgir Kabir not out 17

EXTRAS (B-27, LB-5, NB-6) 38

TOTAL (all out, 105.2 overs) 337

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-69, 3-106, 4-116, 5-121, 6-174, 7-199, 8-276, 9-292.

BOWLING: Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 31.2-7-95-4 (2nb); Faisal Irfan 14-3-24-2 (1nb); Sarfraz Ahmed 20-4-75-0; Aqeel Ahmed 28-5-89-3 (3nb); Farooq Iqbal 12-4-22-0.

WAPDA (2nd Innings):

Asif Hussain not out 0

Adil Nisar not out 0

EXTRAS (B-4) 4

TOTAL (for no wkt, 0.1 over) 4

BOWLING: Alamgir Kabir 0.1-0-0-0.